How about another pet thread? Introductions please...

Pepperally · May 2014

Just thought one hasn't been done in a while and I know people will not mind AWing their pets.

I have a dog named Pepper - she will be 15 this summer...15 years that is! She is a rat terrier.

My FI had a cat when we met so I now have a cat named Ally who is 12 years old.

We were so afraid to move in together due to fears they wouldn't get along, as my dog hates other animals, but it went rather well and she actually has a healthy fear for the cat. They lay close to each other sometimes. My dog never did that with her late sister, so it's so cute and I take pics almost every time I see them laying next to each other.

phira · May 2014

I have a burd named Loki. He's almost 6. He's very weird and silly, and while we don't understand most of what he says, he's got an extensive vocabulary.

Things he likes to do:

Sit on keyboards or perch on laptop screens

Play with phones (including flip phones, smartphones, or non-phones like iPods)

Play with TV remotes, engagement rings, AC adapters for computers (I have no idea)

Talk to himself in mirrors (he will fly into rooms with mirrors for this purpose)

Eat whatever we're trying to eat

Fly into the kitchen when he's not supposed to

Try to drink out of our cups (not allowed for alcohol and soda, but he tries anyway)

Talking over TV/movies

Playing with the Wii U gamepad joysticks (aka moving the camera around while J tries to play Wind Waker)

He liked J okay at first, but then figured out that J was the reason I wasn't coming home some nights. So then he was really mean to J for a while. It took him a while to adjust when J and I moved in together, mostly because his cage moved from a bedroom to a living room. Now, he luuuurves J as much as he loves me and even plays differently with each of us. He also likes running/flying around the house.

Attached: Burd sleeping on keyboard; burd perched on laptop screen; burd in love with a phone; burd as a wee little one (giant black eye, black on his beak, pink nostrils, and lots of black bands on his forehead).

GoldenPenguin · May 2014

I LOVE AWing my pets!!

Here's my Violet:

And my Brady:

And my two snuggle monsters:

labro · May 2014

I have dog named Cinders. She turned a year right at the end of April. We got her last June from @southernpeach89's old co-worker whose dog had what we fondly call "oops puppies". She's 3/4 black lab mixed with 1/4 border collie. So basically she has the body and tail of 40 lb black lab and the stubborn mind of a border collie. She knows how to pick up clothes off the floor and put them in the laundry basket, play dead, catch Frisbees midflight, spin, sit up, roll over, shake, hold one paw in the air, and we're constantly working to teach her more.

I don't have any really recent photos unfortunately. But here are some of her as a really young puppy and also somewhat more recently!

phira · May 2014

@LaPeanut1018 CINDERS YOU ARE SO ADORABLEZ

Pepperally · May 2014

@GoldenPenguin - I'm determined my next dog will be a golden...if I have MY way! They are such great family pets.

@LaPeanut1018 cute lab puppy pics are always welcomed, even if they aren't current!!!

GoldenPenguin · May 2014

@Pepperally - I honestly never would have pictured myself with a Golden, but now I can't picture my life without her! She is the BEST.

And now I have to go home and take her for a walk

Swazzle · May 2014

I have 3 babies!

Bailey and Hailey are both 6 years old, we adopted them together but they're not related by blood. Bailey is orange and white and while he's the BEST snuggler (seriously, he hugs me) in the world, he can also be a real asshole. Hailey is black and white and she's the chattiest cat I've ever met. She NEVER stops talking and she's always on top of me when I'm home.

Lucy is our 4 year old brown and white pit bull. She thinks she's a cat. She's super lazy and can be really weird.

All 3 of them get along great. Bailey and Lucy are absolute BFFs, though. Hailey could take or leave both of them.

behsco90 · May 2014

phira said:

I have a burd named Loki. He's almost 6. He's very weird and silly, and while we don't understand most of what he says, he's got an extensive vocabulary.

Things he likes to do:
Sit on keyboards or perch on laptop screens
Play with phones (including flip phones, smartphones, or non-phones like iPods)
Play with TV remotes, engagement rings, AC adapters for computers (I have no idea)
Talk to himself in mirrors (he will fly into rooms with mirrors for this purpose)
Eat whatever we're trying to eat
Fly into the kitchen when he's not supposed to
Try to drink out of our cups (not allowed for alcohol and soda, but he tries anyway)
Talking over TV/movies
Playing with the Wii U gamepad joysticks (aka moving the camera around while J tries to play Wind Waker)

He liked J okay at first, but then figured out that J was the reason I wasn't coming home some nights. So then he was really mean to J for a while. It took him a while to adjust when J and I moved in together, mostly because his cage moved from a bedroom to a living room. Now, he luuuurves J as much as he loves me and even plays differently with each of us. He also likes running/flying around the house.

Attached: Burd sleeping on keyboard; burd perched on laptop screen; burd in love with a phone; burd as a wee little one (giant black eye, black on his beak, pink nostrils, and lots of black bands on his forehead).

Awww he looks just like the parakeet I had when I was in elementary school! My brother named him Flubber (the movie had just come out around that time). I miss having a bird.

I don't have any pets right now, but my parents have 2 cats that are brothers, so they were sorta mine when I was living there. I'm debating taking one of them because my dad does not like cats at all and would just love to get rid of at least one of them!

lmcooper86 · May 2014

All of your pets are so damn cute!

I have a cat named Gambit. He is simultaneously the sweetest and most irritating beast on the planet, and I love him dearly.

His favourite activities include:

Crawling all over me and licking my hands to wake me up in the morning

Playing fetch with any toy that squeaks (he'll bring it back and drop it at my feet)

Trying to get into the fridge

Projectile shedding

Galloping around my apartment like he's on fire

Playing in cardboard box forts

Dignity100 · May 2014

These are older, but because I've posted my pups before, I figured I'd give you more of 'a day in the life'

This is not even 5 minutes after Nessie got home from the groomer:

And here's Loki being a goofball - he is SO serious and seems to hate it when I catch him acting like this (and he's like 9-10 years old and still acting like a puppy, warms my heart as these giants don't live as long as smaller dogs)

I don't have many pictures of my cats because they infuriate me on a regular basis.

[Deleted User] · May 2014

@phira- I laugh every time you talk about your bird! I think it's hilarious!

As of now we don't have a pet but we are currently in the process of pursuing two facilities that have yellow labs that we are interested in. One we have been talking to for a few weeks and it's an adoption agency that actually has puppies that were recently born this month. We are visiting them hopefully in the next couple weeks.

The other place H found last night is a breeder which I don't like but their prices are reasonable. I'd personally rather adopt but H really wants the block head monster lab bounding around our house so he really wants to take a look a these babies too.

ShallowSeas · May 2014

I have an almost 6 year old English Bulldog named Watson...FI is a Sherlock Holmes fan

He's CRAZY. I thought a 6 year old English Bulldog would be lazy and sleep a lot...not this one. He is hyper, does laps around the coffee table for no reason, and humps everyone and everything in sight.

and then I have a 12 year old house cat, Reagan Sue, who firmly believes she is a princess and is the most prissiest cat in the world.

Swazzle · May 2014

@severmilli12 - I absolutely LOVE your cat

ShallowSeas · May 2014

@Swazzle thanks!! She is very fancy and she knows it

LizzyTish88 · May 2014

We have a 9 month old puppy, Tessie. She can be seen in my sig, but I am going to jump at the chance to AW her some more with pictures.

The pic in my sig was her at 3 months. My cheerleading team was at comp and we had just learned that we weren't moving on, and BF sent me that picture saying "We're sorry and we miss you so come home to us." It's my favorite picture of her to date. She is a huge snuggle bug in the mornings with me and loves to play in her new back yard. She can catch Frisbees if they are coming right at her, but we are working on getting her to do it all the time.

This was the day we met her:

And some more recent ones:

And sideways but this is her enjoying the wind in her snout

GoldenPenguin · May 2014

@severmilli12 - Reagan is BEAUTIFUL. You can tell her that I think she is a very pretty pretty princess.

@lmcooper86 - Are you sure you don't have my cat at your house? Brady does ALL of the same things, and I usually teeter on the edge of wanting to snuggle his face off or murder him. I think @swazzle would agree with me when I say that I'm shocked he's not an orange devil like ours!

phira · May 2014

@caseface5 Tessie is absolutely adorable. Every time I see your sig, I sigh at all the cute-itude!

LizzyTish88 · May 2014

@Phira Thank you! She is a handfu; but she is so damn cute that you can't stay mad at her cute little face. (Yes, I am an obsessive fur Mommy!)

Blackbird230 · May 2014

This is my boy, Bo. (well almost mine. We're making sure we click under saddle.) We think he's about mid teens, Quarter horse. He has a brand on his flank and we think he was previously abused in Texas at a dealer's. He took awhile to gain trust, but I love him already so much.

lmcooper86 · May 2014

@Blackbird230 he is beautiful, I hope it works out!

@caseface5 your pup is so freaking cute, I just want to snuggle her.

@GoldenPenguin so Gambit is your kitty's grey and white twin! He's such a little shit, it's a good thing he's cute. He's also really chatty, especially if he's been alone a lot...I frequently have to remind him that no one cares about his life problems and he needs to zip it lol

Dignity100 · May 2014

@Blackbird230 - I love him and I don't even know him!!

Blackbird230 · May 2014

Thanks @Dignity100 and @Imcooper86! I should be getting on him this weekend. He rides without a bit which I've never done before and hasn't been ridden in awhile, but I'm so ready for the challenge!

GoldenPenguin · May 2014

@blackbird230 - SO HANDSOME!! I hope everything works out this weekend! Make sure you update us next week! (OH, and give him a bit smooch on that soft pony nose for me)

@lmcooper86 - Brady NEVER shuts up. I also tell him that no one wants to hear his mouth. haha

lmcooper86 · May 2014

@GoldenPenguin damn chatty cats! Why you so noisy!

SmileDamnit · May 2014

Love all the pet love!! And really love your Bo, @Blackbird230!

Our fur kids are Gus (the bulldog who was born pissy, is confident the world revolves around him, and is convinced he's part human), and Olive (the oh-so-naughty 3-legged wonder mutt whose sole mission in life is to chase rabbits and eat garbage).

GoldenPenguin · May 2014

@smiledamnit - I LOVE YOUR DOGS. Like, seriously, adore both of them. That bulldog potbelly & the face on the three-legged wondermutt. LOVE.

SmileDamnit · May 2014

GoldenPenguin said:

@smiledamnit - I LOVE YOUR DOGS. Like, seriously, adore both of them. That bulldog potbelly & the face on the three-legged wondermutt. LOVE.

Why thank you. They love you right back

Dignity100 · May 2014

@SmileDamnit - AWW , love your dogs!! Just curious as to how Olive became a tripawd? (I had a 3-legged dog before too). FI wants a bulldog so bad.

SmileDamnit · May 2014

Dignity100 said:

@SmileDamnit - AWW , love your dogs!! Just curious as to how Olive became a tripawd? (I had a 3-legged dog before too). FI wants a bulldog so bad.

No one is really knows for sure, but she was likely hit by a car. The rescue group found her at 8-weeks-old with what was described as a "mangled leg" when they were doing a spay/neuter clinic on an Indian reservation. So they picked her up, had it amputated, and put her in foster care. I adopted her at 6-months-old and by that time, she was perfectly fine. She'll occasionally still biff it, but only when she's on slippery floors or running too fast/acting all crazy-like.

*edited to add that I fully support your FI's want of a bulldog

Dignity100 · May 2014

@SmileDamnit - I'm not sure if you do this or not for Olive, but chiropractic care was AMAZING for Denali when I had her. She LOVED her visit, after she got home, she'd be all sleepy but the next day she was super bouncy. I also did fish oil and extra joint health stuff for her, just because when she lost her leg, she had the early stages of arthritis (but was still an amputation candidate when I had to have it done). I had also had a helper-harness for her. It looks like Olive gets around just fine though. Denali had issues that I always thought were from her being a tripod, but in the end I think it was another tumor growth that was bothering her.

In loving memory:
Here's Denali - I was taking her out of her wheelchair (we used it for walks to relieve pressure on her back/back leg) -- ALWAYS with a smile on her face

How about another pet thread? Introductions please...

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